News Releases

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• 1/19/2019 Wooden Sworn in as Connecticut's 83rd State Treasurer; "Connecticut is facing some enormous fiscal challenges right now, as well as some very exciting opportunities for growth."

• 3/10/2025 TREASURER ERICK RUSSELL ANNOUNCES CHET DREAM BIG! COMPETITION WINNERS

• 12/4/2024 Treasurer Erick Russell Announces More Than $1.6 Billion in Investment Commitments at December Investment Advisory Council Meeting

• 7/1/2021 Treasurer Wooden Shares Projected $1.2 Billion Payment Towards Unfunded Pension Liabilities Due To Historically High Rainy Day Fund; Reacts To Global And U.S. Market Climate; Wooden Reflects on Legislative Session; Legislature Passed Equitable Bipartisan Budget and Supported CT Baby Bonds, which Starting Today will help Children Born into Poverty

• 7/1/2021 CT Makes History! Today, CT Baby Bonds Became Available for All CT Children Born into Poverty; First State in The Nation to Pass Baby Bonds Program; Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden Was Joined by Elected Officials, Subject Matter Experts, And an Expecting Mother on Husky To Officially Celebrate The Launch Of Ct Baby Bonds

• 11/26/2019 Darrell V. Hill Appointed State's Deputy Treasurer; Brings Career of Strong Strategic Financial Management Experience In Public and Private Sectors

• 3/18/2024 Treasurer Russell Announces 2023 CHET Dream Big! Competition Winners

• 12/3/2019 Treasurer Wooden Announces Historic Gun Policy for Investments and Financial Business

• 2/25/2021 Treasurer Wooden Unveils Enhanced, User-Friendly Online Unclaimed Property Management System for CT; Over $914 Million In Unclaimed Property Waiting For Its Rightful Owners To Claim

• 5/22/2020 Statement Of State Treasurer Shawn Wooden On The Connecticut Lottery’s Ongoing Missteps, Call For Board Vice Chair’s Resignation

• 5/14/2024 Treasurer Erick Russell Announces Partnership With Community Health Centers to Raise Awareness of CT Baby Bonds

• 10/21/2024 CHET Dream Big! Competition November 4 Entry Deadline Approaching

• 9/8/2020 Treasurer Wooden Announces Further Commitments to Private Debt Partnerships and Reports on CRPTF Diversity Brokerage Program Results

• 1/17/2024 Governor Lamont and Treasurer Russell Announce 7,810 Babies Have Been Born Eligible for Connecticut Baby Bonds

• 5/20/2021 Connecticut Completes Successful $1 Billion General Obligation Bond Sale; Funding Projects Statewide & Saving Taxpayers Over $60 Million Through Bond Refinancing; Inaugural Sale of “Social Bonds” Following Four Historic Credit Rating Upgrades